tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post6226481325652134146..comments2015-03-02T09:16:07.793-03:30Comments on The Sir Robert Bond Papers: You might know it as bribery, Ma’amEd Hollettnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-61793204568508000132011-07-11T11:23:53.448-02:302011-07-11T11:23:53.448-02:30I think we are pretty much on the same page.
I m...I think we are pretty much on the same page. <br /><br />I may have gone a bit beyond your post by making clear:<br /><br />a. what was in the original agreement;<br /><br />b. where the words &quot;compensation&quot; and &quot;redress&quot; appeared in the 2008 announcements, and,<br /><br />c. in the larger context why this issue needs to get cleared up very quickly.<br /><br />As I understand it, compensation as such, would not normally be contingent on the aggrieved party accepting a wider agreement on other, unrelated or tangentially related issues. <br /><br />Compensation for a grievance is something that stands alone.<br /><br />So that is one aspect of the possible issue here.<br /><br />The other one is the tie, alleged tie or perceived tie between a yes vote and cash. Vote &quot;yes&quot; and you get cash &quot;within days&quot;. With a no vote you get diddly squat, presumably, even though the cash they are talking about has been characterised as &quot;compensation&quot; or &quot;redress&quot;.<br /><br />My title put a word on what could be going on here, what might be perceived as going on here. The conditional language in the title and in the post should convey the point that this is potentially a very serious issue but not a direct accusation.<br /><br />There&#39;s just something fishy smelling at this point. <br /><br />Frankly there shouldn&#39;t be. Even if MF doesn&#39;t go through, this agreement is a milestone in provincial history. It should be as pristine as the river water. One thing that would help is if the final and complete agreement were made public, right now.<br /><br />As for MF itself, all three parties now essentially back the plan to raise electricity rates and saddle the public with debt. Rejection of the deal isn&#39;t an option regardless of what happens in October. <br /><br />But that, as they say, is another story.Edward Holletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13152397042408814142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9925311.post-66783726190282023072011-07-11T09:26:42.646-02:302011-07-11T09:26:42.646-02:30Not sure we see this in the same light.
There&#39...Not sure we see this in the same light.<br /><br />There&#39;s nothing wrong with compensation. It&#39;s a good thing. And there&#39;s nothing wrong with voting on its acceptance - that&#39;s a key part of having aboriginal communities make their own decisions.<br /><br />What appears different in this case is the &quot;within days&quot; amounts to be paid out to individuals.<br /><br />If there&#39;s a precedent for that anywhere else in the country, I&#39;d love to see it.Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16287295355147760571noreply@blogger.com